Research Database Goals

Server Installation

• RSDBdevServInst
• Our Development Page

Database Qualification Tests

• Form Branching
• Categorical Data
  • checkboxes
  • radio buttons
• text boxes
  • user comments
• continuous variables
  • floats
  • others ?
• Range Checks
  • Hard - (only accept values between certain limits, without exceptions)
  • Soft - (warns about out-of-bounds values, but will accept them)
• Audit trails
• Import/export capabilities (including "Print" copies)

Database Goals

2005 July 18

• Open Infastructure Outcomes
  • install
  • test for ease of use
• OpenClinica
  • install
  • test for ease of use
• Oracle
  • look at range of options and usablity

OIO Notes

• Can form branch (doesn't work yet on test server)
• Can handle checkboxes/radio buttons
• Can handle text boxes
• Can handle multiple data types (new data types can be created by using regular expressions)
• Can do hard range checks, but not soft
• Can export/import data and forms to and from XML/delimited files